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Federation of the Camera Clubs (NSW) Inc. PO Box 49 Macquarie Fields NSW 2564 www.photographynsw.org.au
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T H E F E D E R A T I O N O F C A M E R A C L U B S ( N S W )
February 2020
President’s Message
Believe it or not the first month of the new year is done
and dusted, which means the new year for clubs is about
to commence.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year,
and had time to take some wonderful images which you
can now show off to your friends in your club.
The FCC is busy organising TopShot, which will be held
at Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club on Sunday 14th June.
Entries will open on 9th March, and close on 8th May. So
start getting those images ready now.
The FCC is also holding a judging course for the western
zone clubs at Bathurst on the 8th and 9th of March.
Hope to see many of you at TopShot.
All the best,
Kerry Boytell
EFIAP/b, MAPS
President.
Inside This Issue
Page 2 – Top Shot 2020 / 2020AGM
Page 3 –FCC Interclub / FCC Identity Cards
Page 4 /5 – Head On Photography Competitions
Page 6 – Museum of Sydney - John Gollings Exhibition
Page 7 – FIAP Monochrome Biennial
Page 8 – Edwerdstown Photography Club National / Mullins
Conceptual photography Prize
Page 9 – Warragul CC National Photographic Competition
Page 10 – 2020 Australia Cup
Page 11 - Comtact Details
Page 12 – FCC Sponsors
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FCC TopShot 2020
We are looking forward to a great Top Shot in 2020. This year the competition will be hosted by the
Ryde Eastwood Leagues Camera Club, on the 14th of June at the Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club.
Entries for the Top Shot competition will open on the 9th of March and will close on the 8th of May. As
in previous years the print sections available to be entered will be Large Colour Prints, Monochrome
Prints and Nature Prints. The digital sections open for entry will be Digital Colour, Digital
Monochrome, Digital Nature, Digital Creative and Digital Australian Landscape.
More Information on how to enter and the cost of entry will be available at the FCC Web site before
the entry opening date, at https://fccnsw.myphotoclub.com.au/
New South Wales Federation of Camera Clubs Annual General
Meeting 2020
This Year the NSW Federation of Camera Clubs Annual General Meeting will be held at Ryde Eastwood
Leagues Club on the day of the Top Shot Exhibition.
2020 is an election year for the committee, who are elected for a 2 year term. The committee
consists of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and up to six general committee
members. As Many of you know, our previously elected president, David Miller passed away during
the last committee term. As a consequence the Vice President, Kerry Boytell stepped up to fill the
president’s position and the committee asked Jeff Akers to take on the role of Vice President.
Michelle Kennedy has filled the position of Secretary during the last term and Russell Fields, has held
the position of FCC treasurer. There have been four general committee members, Allan Hitchell, Allan
Rose, Cathie Stubbs and Chris Kenyon. Russell Fields has indicated that he will not nominate to
continue as the FCC Treasurer or committee member at the upcoming election.
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All clubs that are members of the Federation are able to nominate a financial members of their club
for any position on the committee. Nomination forms will be available in a new document section of
the FCC web site. Information on submitting nominations can be found in section 15 of the
constitution. A copy of the constitution can also be found in the document tab at the FCC web site.
Each \ member club of the FCC is entitled to be represented at the AGM by one delegate, appointed
by the club. This delegate is able to vote for the nominees to fill the committee positions. If only one
nomination is received for the President, Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer, these positions, will
then be filled by the person nominated. If 6 nominations or less are received for general positions on
the committee, then these positions will be filled by those nominees.
Clubs are also can also notify the committee of any general business that they want discussed in
writing at least 7 days before the meeting.
FCC Interclub Exhibition
We are looking for a club that is willing to host the Interclub exhibition in 2020. We are looking to
hold the exhibition on either Sunday the 11th, 18th or 25th of October. This is a great opportunity to
gain exposure for your club and support club photography. If your club committee is interested in
hosting one of the Exhibitions, please contact either Jeff Akers by email at [email protected]
or Michelle Kennedy by email at [email protected]
FCC Identity Cards
In previous years the FCC has made a template available to
clubs to produce personal FCC identity cards for club
members. These were to identify the club photographers as
amateur, and not professional photographers. This helps to
avoid issues with council rangers or security personnel,
which can happen in places like Darling Harbour, around the
Sydney foreshore, and at some National Parks. To assist
club members, we will be reintroducing the FCC Identity
cards in 2020.
The program to create the cards is available to club
presidents or secretaries. It will be possible for the club to
enter the clubs and the photographer’s name on the card
before issuing them to their members. The cards will be
valid till the 31st of December 2020.
The template can be requested by contacting Jeff Akers at
[email protected] or Michelle Kennedy at nswf
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Webinar - tips for entering competitions
Do you struggle to decide which images to enter into photo contests?
We want to see your work in the running to be selected as a Finalist and exhibited in the internationally acclaimed Head On Photo Festival. You could also win one of the fantastic prizes, including two $15,000 cash prizes.
We are running a free webinar (10 Feb) where we will discuss tips on how to select work that stands out in photo competitions and answer your questions.
Secure your place
Date: Monday 10 February at 10-11am (AEDT)
Presenters: Head On Photo Festival Creative Director, Moshe Rosenzveig OAM and past Head On Photo Award Finalists, Chris Round and Lauren Horwood
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2020 Judging panel announced
Each year our judging panel is comprised of leaders in the photography community. In 2020, we welcome editors from National Geographic, GUP and Leica Magazines, Pulitzer and World Press Photo winners.
All entries will be judged without names to ensure the work is selected based upon the strength of the photograph - our judges only find out who the photographers are once judging is complete.
Meet the judges before you enter
Entries for the Head on Photo Awards close on the 16th of February 2020
For entries details go to their web site at https://www.headon.com.au/awards
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JOHN GOLLINGS: THE HISTORY OF THE BUILT WORLD An MGA travelling exhibition MUSEUM OF SYDNEYJohn Gollings: The History of the Built World is the first major survey of Gollings’s photographic practice, offering a much anticipated opportunity to appreciate the full breadth of his distinctive career and unique artistic vision.
Constantly innovating with photographic technologies, and investigating new subjects with a restless enthusiasm, Gollings has developed a distinctive visual style. Rather than documenting buildings in a way that reproduces the impersonal elevation plans of an architectural diagram, this style typically conveys a personal or physical connection with the structure being photographed, embedding the viewer in dramatic face-to-face encounters with built environments. Using a range of compositional techniques and visual effects to invest architecture with personality, he portrays buildings as lively habitats rather than static monuments.
This exhibition offers a much anticipated opportunity to appreciate the full breadth of his distinctive career and unique artistic vision.
John Gollings: The History of the Built World is an MGA travelling exhibition.
Share & Win competition
John Gollings, The Lotus Building (Studio 505), Changzhou, China 2013. Pigment ink-jet print courtesy of the artist. Photo © John Gollings
Share your John Gollings-inspired architecture photos on Instagram for the chance to win great prizes!
To enter, tag your photos with @sydlivmus and #johngollingscomp
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Winners will be drawn monthly and contacted by direct message. Competition runs until 26 April, 2020.
About John Gollings: The History Of The Built World
An exhibition exploring over half a century of work from Australia’s foremost architectural photographer comes to the Museum of Sydney.
30 NOVEMBER 2019 - 26 APRIL 2020
10AM - 5PM
https://www.fiap.net/en/biennials
This competition is a national competition run by the South Australian club in the Adelaide suburb of
Edwardstown. It is a digital only competition with 4 sections that can be entered, Open Colour, Open
Monochrome, Nature and Landscape/Seascape. A maximum of 4 images can be entered in each
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section. Entries in the competition close ion the 14th of February 2020. For more information go to
the competition web site at https://epcnational.myphotoclub.com.au/ .
The Mullins Conceptual Photographic prize is open for entry until the 1st of May 2020. This is a
competition run by the Australian Photographic Society. The competition has been renamed The
Mullins Conceptual Photographic prize, in memory of the late Doug Mullins, President of the society
from 1964 to 1966.
For more information, go to the competition web page at https://apsacpp.myphotoclub.com.au/
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47th Warragul National Photographic Competition 2020
Entries Now Open
Entries Close 18th March 2020 (midnight UTC)
Judging 4th April 2020
Reports emailed by 26th April 2020
Printed catalogues posted by 26th May 2020
Results will also be available on-line
Exhibition: Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th May 2020
West Gippsland Arts Centre,
Corner Albert and Smith Streets, Warragul
The Warragul National is unique in that it offers photographers an opportunity to
display their images in higher resolution:
Special large print section: 500x700mm mats (suitable for A2 prints)
Images in all digital sections now up to 2560x1440px in AdobeRGB using
professional BenQ monitors
courtesy of Image Science
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The 2020 Australian cup is a Photographic competition for clubs, rather than individuals, and is open
to all Australian based clubs. For details on the competition go to the web site at
https://apsauscup.myphotoclub.com.au/
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Federation of Camera Clubs (NSW) Inc.
PO Box 49
Macquarie Fields
NSW 2564
https://www.facebook.com/federationof
cameraclubs
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President Kerry Boytell
Vice President Jeffrey Akers
Secretary Michelle Kennedy
Treasurer Russell Field
F/Stop Editor
Jeff Akers
General Committee Members Alan Hitchell
Allan Rose
Chris Kenyon
Cathie Stubbs
Webmaster (non-committee position)
The website is maintained and administered by the
Myclub website administrator under instructions
from the F.C.C. committee
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